Staff Software Developer

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced and creative Sr. Full-Stack Engineer to join our growing School Products Team and help take our company to the next level!

As part of the team, you’ll be part of a dynamic and growing team that builds and supports technology solutions for internal enterprise clients. The projects and platforms include but are not limited to : frontend development, backend service development and systems integration.

What you’ll be doing every day :

Collaborate with Principal Engineer to implement architecture and design

Work closely with others in a cross-functional team to deliver high-quality software and documentation

Improve the quality and usefulness of existing features, by refactoring, decomposition, bug-fixing and preventive maintenance

Identify and act on opportunities to improve the way we plan, develop, test and deploy our software

Lead by example in the practice and promotion of excellence in software engineering

Serve as an active mentor to less-experienced developers

What you bring to the table :

Strong practical experience developing web-based commercial software that users love (in any modern tech stack)

Great communication skills. (Yes, everyone writes that - but we really mean it.)

Demonstrated ownership and pride in the quality of the software you work on, and the way that it succeeds in meeting the needs of its users

Knowledge of a variety of programming paradigms and languages, design patterns, tech stacks and frameworks - and the trade-offs entailed in choosing among them

A high level of skill and craftsmanship in building software that stands the test of time

Ability to explain and defend an informed opinion while maintaining an open mind

Experience with engineering practices and processes which promote incrementalism, frequent delivery and tight feedback loops - without sacrificing quality

Ideally, you also have experience with some of :

Node.js, Typescript or Javascript

Front-end technology e.g. React

AWS services e.g. S3, DynamoDb, Lambda

Data storage systems e.g. relational databases (Postgres, Redshift), ORM libraries, document-based data stores (DynamoDB)

Has experience working with data including data structures, transformation and denormalization.

Working with and creating API's including HTTP, REST, and JSON API.

API documentation using tools like Redoc.ly

Test automation including unit testing, integration testing and end-to-end testing

Microservices and / or Service oriented architecture.

Knowledge on integration patterns, concepts and implementation

DevOps, Observability, Infrastructure as Code

Markup languages e.g. XML and JSON.

Nice to haves (not required) :

Experience working with AWS CDK or other Infrastructure as code frameworks.

Experience working with Serverless Architecture

Experience in data orchestration

Working knowledge of system integration

Working directly with stakeholders and internal customers

Leading projects as a technical / project lead